a hop, skip, and a jump



a hop, skip, and a jump

Fig. a short distance. Bill lives just a hop, skip, and a jump from here. We can be there in two minutes. My car is parked just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
See also: and, jump

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Natanael-Spanish, Portuguese
Serinasə-REEN-əEnglish
ShamusSHAY-musIrish
WatWAHTEnglish
Biggs[bigz]
KriŠTof-Slovene, Slovak